Deborah Huber - Vice President

Originally born and raised in Zurich, I have been studying International Relations at the University of Geneva since 2009. Next to my studies and my engagement in GIMUN, I work as a Research Assistant at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
The GIMUN conference of 2009 was my first MUN-experience, where I joined the staff as a secretary. The contribution to the work “behind the scenes” turned out to be a very fulfilling experience, which made me take up the position as Chief of staff during the following year. Since 2010 I am member of the GIMUN Advisory Board, and currently hold the position of Vice-Chair. Though very interested in the world of International Affairs and International Cooperation, my field of interest spreads out to music and psychology, to travelling and literature.

Contact: deborah.huber@gimun.org / ab@gimun.org

Faraz Merchant

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Daniel Walter

Born in Switzerland, Daniel soon was to see the world. His parents loved to travel, thus he gained a lot of experience with different cultures and other ways of thinking. Subsequently this experience transmitted into an eagerness to understand the world and its problems as a whole and broadened his mind. After a one year exchange at the University of Salamanca, Spain, he greaduated from the University of Geneva with a Bachelors degree in International Relations. He then completed a Master’s degree in International Economics at the Graduateinstitute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is now working as an Associate at the Boston Consulting Group.
His time in Geneva, and the international environment in this fabulous city, a beacon of multilateral diplomacy, brought him to GIMUN in the year 2007. After participating in the conference he was elected to the 2008 EXCOM, mandated to guide the NGO and organize the conference. In his time as an EXCOM member he visited several MUNs throughout Europe amongst which are EurasiaMUN, MILMUN, TEIMUN and ZAGIMUN, gaining the experience so valuable for his position in GIMUN’s executive organ. In 2009 he was elected President of the Association, which he led for one year. After that he took over the post of Chairman of the Advisory Board until graduating in 2011.

Contact: daniel.walter@gimun.org

I was president of GIMUN during the 2010-2011 term and am now a member of the Advisory Board. Being president of GIMUN was an extremely demanding, intense and thrilling experience. I had the opportunity to work with talented and motivated students in order to raise awareness amongst young people about the United Nations and its values. I strongly believe that by promoting personal commitment and offering young people the possibility and responsibility to lead an international NGO, GIMUN actively awakens social consciousness amongst youth as well gives young people a voice at the UN.
I have very recently finished my Master's degree in international law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development in Geneva and am now completing an internship in Cameroon with youth organizations involved in human rights promotion and the national Red Cross society. As an Advisory Board member, I hope to put to use my experience as well as my commitment to the values that GIMUN promotes in order to maintain knowledge within the association and to help develop long-term strategies.

Contact: caroline.renold@gimun.org

Jannik Böhm

I was born and grew up in a small village in  the mountains of the canton of Bern. I moved  on my own when I was 15 to Neuchâtel, where I was doing my  high school degree in french. After one year traveling and working as a scuba-diving instructor in the Caribbean, Central-America and East Africa I started my Bachelor in Political Science at the University of Geneva which I successfully finished in 2011 .
I participated in my first MUN when I was 16 and got into it since. 2010 / 2011 I had the chance to fulfill the task of the vice president of our young NGO, which was an unforgettable and extremely enriching experience. I am active in various political organizations focusing especially  on education, environment and disarmament.

Contact: jannik.boehm@gimun.org

Raphael Vogel

I studied at the Universities of Berne and Geneva, Switzerland, and hold a Bachelor and a Masters degree in Law. I participated in several  Model United Nations. In particular, I acted as the Secretary-General of the Geneva International Model United Nations (GIMUN) in 2007 and chaired the GIMUN Security Council in 2006.

During my studies, I gained professional experience during an internship at the Swiss Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, and at a leading international law firm, also in Seoul. I now work at a major business law firm based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in litigation and arbitration. I am a founding member of the GIMUN Advisory Board and, besides that, serve on the Advisory Board Member of the Geneva-based non-profit organisation "euforia".